While the battle raged in the bay, the two straggling British ships made strenuous efforts to join the engagement, focusing on the flashes of gunfire in the darkness.

On the third day of battle, July 3, fighting resumed on Culp's Hill, and cavalry battles raged to the east and south, but the main event was a dramatic infantry assault by 12, 500 Confederates against the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, known as Pickett's Charge.

The battle raged all afternoon without decisive result.

Gerwarth argues that the constructed memory of Bismarck played a central role as an anti-democratic myth in the highly ideological battle over the past which raged between 1918 and 1933.

The battle of the name raged on for many years and drove a wedge between Louis and LeGros Clark, Sir Wilfrid from 1955, who took the Paranthropus view.

A great battle raged around the dead Achilles.

In 1989, with Hughes under public attack, a battle raged in the letters pages of The Guardian and The Independent.

While the " literary battle " against Peng raged, Mao fired Yang Shangkun – director of the Party's General Office, an organ that controlled internal communications – on a series of unsubstantiated charges, installing in his stead staunch loyalist Wang Dongxing, head of Mao's security detail.

The Dutch rearguard under Lieutenant-Admiral Cornelis Tromp set upon a starboard tack, taking the battle toward the Flemish shoals, compelling Albemarle to turn about, to prevent being outflanked by the Dutch rear and centre, culminating in a ferocious unremitting battle that raged until nightfall.

The battle went far beyond the bridge itself, and although it raged for hours the Norse army's decision to leave their armour behind left them at a distinct disadvantage.

A confused battle raged all along the perimeter throughout 28 May.

Only Zeus stood firm, and the battle raged, ending when Zeus threw Mount Etna on top of Typhon, trapping him.

The battle raged between 16, 000 Confederate troops led by General Earl Van Dorn and 10, 500 Union troops led by General Samuel R. Curtis.

In the Second World War a fierce battle raged around this area.

Throughout the 1970s, a bitter battle raged between seasonal and year-round residents over the viability of the school, with a student population of about 200 in grades K-12.

The inferno raged for over 18 hours despite seven fire companies ' efforts to battle the blaze.

The battle is also known locally as the Battle of Spokane Plains, because as it raged on it spread from the Four Lakes area out to the plains area directly west of the city of Spokane and northeast of the city of Cheney.

As the battle with Mary raged in the household, Richard begged his father from his sickbed not to leave.

The battle raged on the next day, with some bloody fighting going on around Znaim.

The battle raged throughout the afternoon until, as Finegan committed the last of his reserves, the Union line broke and began to retreat.

Westmoreland's fixation upon the base continued even as the battle raged around him in Saigon.

The battle raged around Longtan, especially on Mt.

The battle raged back and forth for an hour until three American regiments were sent though woods to enfilade the attacking British right flank.

When he attended the Christian Anti-Communist Crusade school here about six months ago, Jim became convinced that an individual can do something constructive in the ideological battle and set out to do it.

Apollo's role as the slayer of the Python led to his association with battle and victory ; hence it became the Roman custom for a paean to be sung by an army on the march and before entering into battle, when a fleet left the harbour, and also after a victory had been won.

According to legend, Castor and Pollux announced to one of their ancestors the victory of the Romans over the Latins at the battle of Lake Regillus, and, to confirm the truth of what they had just said, they stroked his black hair and beard, which immediately became red.

After this battle and the loss of one of Portugal's most remarkable infantes, the Duke of Braganza became the de facto ruler of the country.

After the first battle between two ironclads took place in 1862 during the American Civil War, it became clear that the ironclad had replaced the unarmoured line-of-battle ship as the most powerful warship afloat.

The concept of the decisive battle became popular with the publication in 1851 of Edward Creasy's The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World.

After a series of wars they were decisively beaten by the Romans in a battle near Mutina ( Modena ) and their territory became part of the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul.

They became the first Roman emperors killed in a battle with a foreign enemy.

Ultimately, no battle ever took place as Constantius became ill and died late in 361, though not before naming his opponent as his successor.

Chiang's ultimate funeral ceremony became a political battle between the wishes of the state and the wishes of his family.

These carrier groups eventually formed the Fast Carrier Task Force, which became the primary battle force of the U. S. Fifth and Third Fleets.

They were organized around the year 1729 to fill out the army and make it look larger in battle, armed only with banners. Dahomey female soldiers The women reportedly behaved so courageously they became a permanent corps.

Hughes finally dropped the lawsuit in late 1930 and he and hawks became good friends during the legal battle.

He defeated and killed Richard in battle at Bosworth Field on 22 August of that year and became king as Henry VII.

In his last years, after marrying again, Cousteau became involved in a legal battle with his son Jean-Michel over Jean-Michel licensing the Cousteau name for a South Pacific resort, resulting in Jean-Michel Cousteau being ordered by the court not to encourage confusion between his for-profit business and his father's non-profit endeavours.

At the time, both spellings of " Kenesaw " were used, but in the course of time, " Kennesaw Mountain " became the accepted spelling of the battle site.

In 1968 Dancer's Image became the first ( and to this day the only ) horse to win the race and then be disqualified after traces of phenylbutazone, an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug, were found in the horse's urinalysis ; Forward Pass won after a protracted legal battle by the owners of Dancer's Image ( which they lost ).

In doing so, he became the first non-SAS person ever to fire a gun inside the close-quarters battle training house at Hereford.

Naval warfare continued in this vein through the Middle Ages until the cannon became commonplace and capable of being reloaded quickly enough to be reused in the same battle.

After Kim Hill's successful treatment, her father became committed to helping other families battle pediatric cancers.

Ericsson became widely famous when he built the Monitor, an armoured battleship that in 1862 fought the Confederate States ’ Virginia in an American Civil War sea battle.

When he did raise his voice with the German occupiers, it was either to ensure that the Vatican City state would not be compromised – that is to say, he would be safe – or to emphasise his own neutrality in a conflict which, for many, became a battle between good and evil.

Experience in World War I led German military researchers to conclude that long-range aimed fire was less significant at typical battle ranges of 300 m. As mechanisms became smaller, lighter and more reliable, semi-automatic rifles, including the M1 Garand, appeared.